Definition of "nortriptyline" [nortriptyline]

• A tricyclic antidepressant drug, C19H21N. (noun)

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• "I would be trying a new beta-blocker called nadolol and adding a tricyclic antidepressant called nortriptyline."
• "After more careful thinking out loud, he upped my dosage of nadolol, a beta-blocker, and increased my nortriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant."
• "Big kisses to the manufacturers of nortriptyline, nadolol, naproxen, and all those other wonderful meds."